Device for applying substances to tress, shrubs, and vines.



W. R. KLECKNER. DEVICE FOR APPLYING SUBSTANCES T0 TREES, SHRUBS, AND VINES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6.1916.

Patented Se pt. 18,1917.

WITNESSES ZTTORNEYS "UNITED sTATnsParENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM RENA'IUS KLECKNER? 0F CO'WELL, CALIFORNIA.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING SUBSTANCES 'I'U TREES, SHBUBS, AND VINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

Application filed September 6, 1916. Serial No. 118,651.

To all whom it may cpncern."

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. KLEGK- NER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cowell, in the county of Contra Costa and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Device for Applying Substances to Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, of which the following is a full,

and exact description. invention relates to a means whereby n insecticide or other substance may be so a plied to a tree, shrub or vine as to readlly enable the sap in the latter to take u said substance] he present invention is an improvement on a device for the indicated urpose forming the subject matter of Letters Patent,

December 2, 1913.

My improved evice forming the subject of the present application is adapted to be applied t0.a tree at the sap wood thereof after removing the bark to the necessary extent to accommodate the device, and the container body of the device is provided with means for the entrance of the substance to be applied so that the said substance may be introduced into the device after the latter has been applied to the or semi-so 'd material are adapted to be introduced through the up er neck into water or the like, with which t e container body is charged, to be dissolved in said water. The lower neck, when the cap is removed, is adapted to receive a connecting tube or siphon so that the material for the treating of the tree is introduced through the container in the .form of a solution by siphon action or pump, the upper neck serving in such case as a vent. The device thus provides a means forrv su plying a tree with chemicals introduce into the device in the form of a solid or in solution as soon as symptoms of disease, insect attaclis, or lack of proper nourishment or suflicient moisture become apparent: The

nited Stat )5. 1,080,460, granted to@ device permits of the tree being treated perlodlcally at suitable intervals or continuously for periods extending overseveral days. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a face view with parts broken out, showing my device applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the de vice;

Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation showing the device applied. 1

The device includes an oblong, preferably rectangular container 10, open at the front. The sides and top of the container body extend in flat unfianged form for direct edge contact with the sap wood'of a tree A after the bark has been removed from the latter to a suilicient extent as indicated in Fig. 3.

The body is secured in position' by a staple 11 embracing the body and projecting beyond the front end thereof sufficiently to penetrate the tree. With the container body thus stapled in position, a sealing glue, as indicated at 12, is applied about the container body at the front thereof between the sides of the body and the opposed edges of the bark.

On the body 10 at the upper end is a neck 13 which advantageously is disposed at an angle so as to incline toward the closed back of the body and the upper end' of said neck is threaded to receive a screw cap 14.

At the lower end a depending neck 15 ex tends from the bottom of the body 10. Said neck is adapted to receive a screw cap 15 as in Figs. 1 and 2, or have applied thereto the end of a tube 16. The tube 16 may constitute the leg of a siphon, the other leg of which is in the form of a tube 17 exas indicated at B, Fi 3, and capsules C may be dropped into t e container through the upper neck 13 to be dissolved 1n the liquid B, the cap 15 being applied when employing capsules to supply the desired substance for treatment of the tree. Instead of using capsules, a solution of the substance to be applied may be pumped from the bottle 19 through the lower neck 15 or the solution siphoned from said bottle to the container 19. With the filler necks arranged in connection with the top and bottom of the container, said necks are better rotected against. the contact of other ob- ]ects than if they projected laterally at the from and sides.

Having thus described my invention 1 WILLIAM RENATUS KLEOKNEB. 

